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Discussed in this episode:
The Vampires of New Orleans: Atun-Shei Films’ documentary/narrative hybrid delivers a story of vampires in modern New Orleans wrapped around interviews exploring the city’s horrific folklore.
- El Rob Hubbard’s review.
- Atun-Shei Films Website.
- Atun-Shei YouTube page.
- Atun-Shei Instagram page.
- The Vampires of New Orleans score on YouTube.
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987): Read Giles Edwards’ festival capsule. A tax collector encounters ghosts (and a rapping swordsman) in ancient China in this wild Hong Kong New Wave classic. Buy A Chinese Ghost Story.
“The Complete Kubrick”: Everything Stanley Kubrick directed—including Canonically Weird entries 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange—in one glorious 4K UHD/Blu-ray box set from the Criterion collection. It goes without saying this ain’t cheap, but well worth it if you can swing it. Buy “The Complete Kubrick.”
“Fantastique: The Dreams and Nightmares of French Cinema”: A box set of obscure fantastique French films spanning the 1930s to the 90s: Dans la nuit, La nuit fantastique, Le Diable souffle, The Golem, The Woman with Red Boots and Three Lives and Only One Death. While the movies themselves may be unknown, familiar names like Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Marcel L’Herbier, Raoul Ruiz, and Luis Buñuel‘s son Jean Luis pop up throughout. (This is a pre-order for a November 10 release). Buy “Fantastique: The Dreams and Nightmares of French Cinema.”
I Want Your Sex (2026): A sociopathic artist seduces her naive young assistant into an dangerously inappropriate sexual relationship. This unconventional (but not quite weird) B&D rom-com from Gregg Araki appears on 4K UHD + Blu-ray with no extras. Buy I Want Your Sex.
Visitor Q (2001): Read the Canonically Weird review! Surprisingly (or maybe not, considering its straight-to-DVD origins) Takashi Miike‘s transgressive assault on the traditional family has never appeared on Blu-ray until now; Radiance to the rescue! Buy Visitor Q.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest is scheduled on next week’s Halloween edition of Pod 366, but Greg, Giles and Pete will be there to discuss the week’s weird news and new releases. In written content, Michael Diamades gets weird for Halloween with the tale of Pere Portabella’s alternate cut of Jess Franco‘s Count Dracula, Cuadecuc Vampire (1971); Enar Clarke investigates the new documentary John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office; Shane Wilson finishes up his Halloween-themed reader-suggestion‘s by attending Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973), and Gregory J. Smalley looks at Ben Rivers’ experimental all-kid art film Mare’s Nest. Onward and weirdward!